International

November 28, 2023 3:01 PM

Lebanese media reports Israeli shell hit south Lebanon

Lebanese media reported that an Israeli shell struck the outskirts of a town in south Lebanon on Tuesday, hours after a temporary truce between the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel was extended for two days. A spokesperson for the Israeli army said it was "currently not aware of such an inciden...

November 28, 2023 2:13 PM

Iran, Iraq call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Iran on Monday called for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as the four-day truce between Hamas and Israel entered its final day. At a press briefing in Tehran, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani demanded an end of the ongoing conflict, highlighting his country’s diplom...

November 28, 2023 11:41 AM

North Korea’s launch ‘serious’ risk to civil aviation – UN official

North Korea last week successfully launched its first reconnaissance satellite, which it has said was designed to monitor U.S. and South Korean military movements. Senior U.N. official Khaled Khiari told the 15-member Security Council that while Pyongyang issued a pre-launch notification to the J...

November 28, 2023 11:32 AM

Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank, UAE this week to continue Gaza diplomacy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank and the United Arab Emirates this week, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, as Washington aims to press for more humanitarian aid for Gaza and help secure the release of all hostages kidnapped by Hamas. Blinken will tra...

November 28, 2023 11:23 AM

Pakistan court sends Imran Khan on judicial remand in Al Qadir Trust case

Pakistan’s accountability court on Monday rejected the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request for an extension of physical remand for Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Instead, the court opted for judicial remand in connection with the Al Qadir Trust Case. ...

November 28, 2023 10:18 AM

What’s the plan for this year’s COP28 climate summit?

What's the plan for this year's COP28 climate summit? Following a year of record heat and drought, this year's U.N. climate summit will feature a contentious set of issues for countries working to find common ground in tackling climate change, including whether to phase out fossil ...

November 28, 2023 9:36 AM

World’s largest iceberg breaks free, heads toward Southern Ocean

The world's largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday.  At almost 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size of New York City. Since calving off West Antarctic...

November 28, 2023 9:26 AM

More Israeli hostages expected to be freed after Gaza Truce extended

An Israel-Hamas truce in the Gaza Strip stretched into a fifth day on Tuesday as the two sides completed the release of Israeli hostages and detained Palestinians and looked poised to free more as the pause in fighting was extended by two days. Hamas took about 240 hostages during an Oct. 7 incur...

November 28, 2023 8:56 AM

India builds high impact community development projects in Kapilvastu, Nepal

The Government of India provided financial assistance to NRs. 33.23 million under 'Nepal-India Development Cooperation'. Prasanna Shrivastava and officials from Kapilvastu districts attended the event, along with political representatives, government officials, social workers, School manag...

October 25, 2024 3:54 PM

Rescuers drill through debris to reach 41 men trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel

Rescuers led by "rat miners" drilled through rocks and debris on Tuesday to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days. The process of pulling out the 41 low-wage workers from India's poorest states, one at a time on wheeled stretchers through a pi...